Sec. 6. (a) No policy of life insurance, other than industrial insurance, group life insurance or reinsurance, bearing a date of issue which is the same as or later than a transition date to be selected by the company pursuant to section 12 of this chapter, such transition date in no event to be later than January 1, 1948, shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state or issued by a company organized under the laws of this state unless the same shall provide the following:

(1) That all premiums shall be payable in advance, either at the home office of the company, or to an agent of the company, upon delivery of a receipt signed by one (1) or more of the officers who shall be designated in the policy.

(2) For a grace period of not less than thirty (30) days for the payment of every premium after the first premium, which may be subject to an interest charge, during which period the insurance shall continue in force; provided, that if the insured shall die within such period of grace the unpaid premium for the current policy year may be deducted in any settlement under the policy.

(3) That the policy, together with the application therefor, a copy of which application shall be attached to the policy and made a part thereof, shall constitute the entire contract between the parties and shall be incontestable after it shall have been in force during the lifetime of the insured for two (2) years from its date, or, at the option of the company after it shall have been in force for two (2) years from its date, except for nonpayment of premiums, and except for violation of the conditions of the policy relating to naval and military service in time of war, and at the option of the company provisions relative to benefits in the event of total and permanent disability and provisions which grant additional insurance specifically against death by accident may also be excepted.

(4) That if the age of the insured and/or beneficiary, if that age enters into the determination of the premiums charged or benefits promised, has been misstated, the amount payable under the policy shall be such as the premium would have purchased at the correct age of the insured and/or beneficiary.

(5) That all statements made by the insured in the application shall, in the absence of fraud, be deemed representations and not warranties.

(6) That, in the case of participating policies, the policy shall participate in the surplus of the company as apportioned by the board of directors of the company, and that, beginning not later than the end of the fifth policy year, the company will determine and account for the portion of the divisible surplus so ascertained accruing on the policy, and that the owner of the policy shall have the right to have the current dividends arising from such participation paid in cash, and that at periods of not more than five (5) years, such accounting and payment at the option of the policyholder shall be had. The owner of the policy may elect to take any of the other dividend options in the policy. If the owner of the policy shall not elect any of the other dividend options provided in the policy, the apportioned dividends shall be held to the credit of the policy and be payable in cash at maturity of the policy or be withdrawable in cash at any anniversary of its date; provided, however, that if the policy shall contain a provision for an apportionment of the surplus at the end of the first policy year and annually thereafter, then and in that event, said policy may provide that each dividend shall be paid subject to the payment of the premium of the next ensuing year.

(7) Nonforfeiture provisions in accordance with the requirements of section 7 of this chapter.

(8) That the company, at any time while the policy is in force, will loan, on the execution of a proper assignment of the policy, and on the sole security thereof, at a specified rate of interest (payable in advance if the company so elects), a sum, which, together with the sum of:

(A) previously existing indebtedness, if any, including interest thereon to the end of the current policy year; and

(B) interest to the end of the current policy year on the amount newly loaned;

is equal to or, at the option of the insured, less than the cash surrender value at the end of the current policy year as provided for by the policy in accordance with the terms of section 7 of this chapter; provided, that the company may, as a condition precedent to the making of such loan, and at its own option, require the payment of the unpaid balance, if any, of the premium or premiums for the current policy year, and may require the payment of interest in advance on the total loan to the end of the current policy year. The policy may provide that, if interest on the loan is not paid when due, it shall be added to the existing loan and become a part thereof and bear interest at the same rate as the loan. It shall further be stipulated in the policy that failure to repay any such loan or pay interest thereon shall not void the policy unless such total indebtedness to the company shall equal or exceed such cash surrender value at the time of such failure, nor until thirty (30) days after notice shall have been mailed by the company to the last known address of the insured and to the assignee, if any, if such assignee has notified the company of the assignee’s address. No condition other than as provided in this subdivision shall be exacted as prerequisite to any such loan. The company shall reserve the right to defer the granting of any loan, except when made to pay premiums on a policy or policies issued by it, for six (6) months after application therefor is made. The provisions of this subdivision shall not be required in term policies nor shall they apply to paid-up insurance issued or granted in exchange for lapsed or surrendered policies.

(9) That, should there have been default in premium payment and the value of the policy applied to the extension of the insurance, and such insurance be in force and the original policy not surrendered to the company and canceled, the policy may be reinstated within three (3) years from the due date of the premium in default, upon evidence of insurability satisfactory to the company and payment of arrears of premiums with interest.

(10) That when a policy shall become a claim by the death of the insured, settlement shall be made upon receipt of due proof of death and of the interest of the claimant and not later than two (2) months after receipt of such proof.

(11) A title on the face and on the back of the policy describing the same.

     (b) Any of the provisions of subsection (a) not applicable to single premium policies shall to that extent not be incorporated in a single premium policy. The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to policies issued on substandard, underaverage, or impaired risks. Any policy may be issued or delivered in this state which in the opinion of the department contains provisions on any one (1) or more of the several requirements of subsection (a) more favorable to the policyholder than those required in subsection (a).

Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.151A; Acts 1943, c.189, s.2; Acts 1959, c.146, s.1. As amended by P.L.252-1985, SEC.61; P.L.136-2018, SEC.157.